Historical and cultural perspectives Early hominids in Southern Africa
Early members of our genus
Early homo sapiens
Hunter-gathers
Pastoralists
Early Bantu speakers
The Xhosa
Colonial history – arrival and spread of Europeans- clashes and outcomes
The hundred-year war of Dispossession
Colonial domination
Apartheid
The struggle for freedom
Modern South Africa
The Rainbow Nation
Geographical and geological perspectives
Geological processes in Southern Africa
Gondwanaland and land farms
Seas and sediments
Rock types
Intrusions, rifts and folding
Climate and climate change
Vegetation, agriculture and water
Population pressures AIDS pandemic
African plants and animals
Biomes
Animals – species and habitat
Reserves, conservancies
Game farming
Endangered species
